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Cover; Copyright page; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. ""Blessed Reflex"": Mission as God's Spiral of Renewal; 1) Recognise that mission and the mission field have completely changed.; 2) Recognise that we are always the recipients as well as the agents of mission.; 3) Cultivate the sense of adventure that is essential to authentic Christian mission.; 2. ""Give us Friends!"" The Relational Dimension of Christian Mission; Friendship at the Heart of the Missionary Movement; A Case Study: Scots and Malawians |
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A World Crying out for Friendship: Christian Mission in the Twenty-first CenturyI Have Called You Friends"": Mission in the Way of Jesus; 3. Like a Mask Dancing: Partnership in Mission Entersa New Mode; Introduction: from Partnership to Twinning; New Eyes to Read the New Testament; The Place of Twinning in the Transformative Purpose of God; Conclusion; 4. Beyond Religious Tourism: Twinning as a Missionary Method; Mere Religiously Themed Tourism?; Western Indulgence Imposing on Non-Western Partners?; Communication Failure; The ""Love Miles"" Dilemma; Inter-Church Aid rather than Mission? |
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5. Releasing First-World Wealth for Global Mission: What Levers can be Pulled Today?Introduction: Mission and Money; Church Decline in the West; A New Parochialism; A Consumerist Lifestyle; Project Orientation; Soteriological Relativism; More Sophisticated Models of Mission; Levers to Pull; The Great Commission: An Uncancelled Mandate; Justice for the Poor; Catholicity and Mutuality; Local Initiative and Direct Involvement; Conclusion; 6. The HIV/AIDS Pandemic: What is at Stake for Christian Mission?; Introduction; Humanity at Stake -- Justice and Compassion |
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The Church at Stake -- New Frontiers for FaithGender at Stake: Sexual Power and Politics; Mission at Stake: The Need to Practise Presence; Conclusion; 7. Christian Mission and the End of Poverty: Time for Eschatology; Time for Eschatology; Another World is Coming; Defying Disillusionment: Hope and Realism; Solidarity and Struggle; Conclusion: A Large Eschatology; 8. Ethnic Nationalism, Violent Conflict and the Grace of God; Identity Politics and Contemporary Conflicts; Relativization of Identity and Reconciliation of Communities; Partnership in Mission: Recovering a Common Belonging |
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The Surprise Factor: God's GraceConclusion; 9. Christian Mission in the 21st Century: Discerning Direction; A Great Reversal: the West as Mission Field; Migration -- People of Faith on the Move; The Poor as the Primary Agents of Mission; Time to Hear the Gospel ""as if for the first time; Post-modernity: Today's New Cultural Frontier for the Gospel?; No More Bad Religion -- the Cry for Authenticity; The Advent of a Pentecostal Age; Conflict and reconciliation; Plurality of Religions; Stewardship of the Environment; The Scandal of Poverty; Local Initiative and World Mission |
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism -- Church Unity and Christian Diversity |
| Summary |
In this remarkable volume covering diverse subjects, in a span of three decades, Kenneth R. Ross articulates his views on the meaning and practice of Christian mission and challenges the binary view of mission that prevailed before the 1950s. He further reflects on Scotland's experiences in the world-wide Christian mission and demonstrates the centrality of Africa in any discourse on Christianity. This volume is invaluable in its argument for a rethinking of Christian mission especially in relation to the West, which is now a new frontier for Christian mission. The book will be immensely beneficial to students of missiology and general readers who are interested in the subject of Christian Mission. |
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Missions.
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Missions. |
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Missions, Scottish.
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Missions, Scottish. |
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Christianity -- Africa.
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Christianity. |
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Africa. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Ross, R. Mission As God's Spiral of Renewal. Oxford : Mzuni Press, ©2019 9789996060649 |
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9996060659 (electronic book) |
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9789996060656 (electronic book) |
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